Party paupers: Nigeria’s financial crisis puts the brakes on ‘Detty December’ celebrations

Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home

Royal Mail has been heading for collapse for years. Now it can’t even deliver my Christmas present

It’s too late to reverse this disastrous privatisation, but regulators can be made to enforce its contracts to the letter, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian view on the EU at a crossroads: time for new economic thinking

Editorial: Plans to reintroduce the straitjacket of fiscal rules, at a time when the union faces exceptional challenges, are a mistake

Starmer’s £28bn green pledge is a vote winner. Labour must ignore Tory attacks and keep the faith

Strategists are getting nervous, but energy efficiency and kickstarting growth are important to voters, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Rishi Sunak has little to celebrate as cost of living crisis enters a new phase

The inflation shock may be fading but 13 years of Conservative-led governments haven’t

‘Prison or bullet’: new Argentina government promises harsh response to protest

President Javier Milei and his allies are preparing new security guidelines in anticipation of protests against currency devaluation

Old-fashioned capitalism can’t help Britain’s lost workers get back in a job

The drive to make ill and disabled people productive again needs joined-up thinking, not a punitive regime of sanctions

Inflation and pay deals leave Scottish ministers facing £1.5bn budget black hole

Situation facing finance minister described as ‘one of most challenging fiscal backdrops’ since devolution

The Guardian view on economic stagnation: a chronic syndrome causing toxic politics

Editorial: The prolonged absence of growth causes social divisions that the Conservatives would rather exploit than address

Signals are flashing red for Rishi Sunak’s economic growth pledge

Bank of England and Niesr have not forecast a recession but October fall in GDP may suggest one is on the way

Rishi Sunak says he did not need to consult scientists on ‘eat out to help out’

PM defends his record as chancellor at Covid inquiry, but repeatedly says he cannot remember meetings and other details

The Guardian view on Labour and the climate crisis: the £28bn question deserves an answer

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer has popular plans to green the economy but electoral support is the crucial precondition to make them a reality

Labour is on course for victory – but what kind of economy will it inherit?

Inflation is coming down, but Keir Starmer will need to improve public services when there is a lack of ready cash

Jeremy Hunt’s post-Brexit City shake-up is ‘damp squib’, say MPs

Treasury select committee says Edinburgh reforms launched a year ago have had little impact on UK economy

Investment fund co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg to close after client withdraws £2bn – as it happened

Live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Somerset Capital says it will wind down after loss of major client